Yes!
JAGUAR XJ220
I remember having a love-affair that lasted a few weeks in my XJ220.
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As I met a rep over at the specialty section of the Jaguar dealer, I was overwhelmed by all the choices I had so far as colors go! Seafrost metallic, amber, topaz metallic, meteorite metallic...emerald! dammit I WANTED THEM ALL1!!!
I Forget which color I finally chose. Oh yeah....I remember it looked like red wine had been poured all over my car.
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This wound up being my "spare" XJ220 because I don't think I ever raced it much (other than at the Turbo Cup). I'm such a busy man, my GT career has me flying all over the world, so this car is now merely just part of my collection. But I never drive it anymore.
and actually, I got a 2nd XJ220. This one became my official "race car" as my crew had it stripped down with full racing specs + GT2/LeMans aerodynamics kit. I was a bit disappointed that I could only get this full race-version painted in just yellow or white though.
And as I got shipped to South Africa for the beginning of the
GT World Cup at the
Trail Mountain track, I was pleased to learn that Jaguar had already equipped my XJ220 with all the trimmings: full-custom transmission, suspension, limited-slip, etc. 👍 Well, Ihad just parted with A MILLION CREDITS so this was what I had expected!
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Thank you Jaguar!
As I tackled the 5 GT World Cup races, I was shocked to learn that FIA/GT2 rules only allowed a
Stage 1 turbo set-up at best. I had bought all 4 turbo stage kits, but I never needed 'em!
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Ah well, it's only money.
Sorry readers, I wont bore you anymore with my nonsense! 💡
Basically, this car has it all except FC brakes. More power than you'll ever need....a sleek, long, low (but wide) aerodynamic body makes this car a potential winner before you've even tuned a single part, despite the fact that Ai versions of the XJ220 never win any races.
I rate this one highly:
95 out of 100 It has everything I want, can conquer any GT race in any GT game yet is challenging to drive, looks fantastic, has a great howling exhaust, can be tuned fully (except brakes in GT2). Yes, it's expensive and "only" has a 5-speed, but it's worth the price and those gears can be tuned.
So....
95 out of 100
And next,
Fiat Barchetta